I feel more tired than I should be because of chronic stress. How do I overcome it?

[Anonymous]

I have been experiencing chronic stress for a few years, since I've finished school and I've tried different career paths in which I succeeded, I failed, I succeeded and then I failed again. The pressure to settle down and find a linear career and the uncertainty in the world right now makes me stressed all the time and unable to relax more. Therefore, I am more tired than I should be. My mental activity is very intense and it exhausts me. Instead of being stressed about external events, I am stressed by myself and I sabotage my mental peace.

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The fact that I am very lonely (being self-employed) and I have no romantic relationship at this point adds to me stress.

[Hulk_kitty]

I would suggest you, take a look yourself style choices, and make changes. Only you know what is good for your health and what is bad for your lifestyle.

The first thing I would suggest, is go and get health check by your doctor, and see if your general health is OK, get a full blood test.

I was in a bad way for few years, my mental and physical health was real bad, and I got to the point, I couldn't actually cope with anything, also that was stress related. What I didn't know, was I had real low iron levels. Since I have improved that, every thing is good now.

To me, this doesn't sound like stress, more like high anxiety. Because high anxiety involves really intense thinking, and you can't switch off.

Really the only to beat stress and anxiety, is by making better lifestyle choices, improve your diet, improve your working hours, maybe take more holidays, do more exercise.

Sitting in front of the tv or computer all night is not a relaxing activity. A relaxing activity is doing something you enjoy, like playing cards with friends, swimming, going for a coffee with your girlfriend.

[Hulk_kitty]

For godsake don't go and get pills from the doctors, to help you with problems. Just take the approach of making some hard decisions, to improve your lifestyle.
Pills don't solve everyday problems, only you can do that. Unless you are diagnoised with mental health issue, then you have no option but to take them